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Writing A Letter: Language Arts 2 and 3 Grade

This document teaches students in 2nd and 3rd grade the basic parts of a letter, including the date, greeting, body, closing, and signature. It shows examples of filling in each part of a sample letter. The document explains where each part of the letter goes and provides writing activities for students to practice writing friendly letters and thank you notes on their own.

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Writing A Letter: Language Arts 2 and 3 Grade

This document teaches students in 2nd and 3rd grade the basic parts of a letter, including the date, greeting, body, closing, and signature. It shows examples of filling in each part of a sample letter. The document explains where each part of the letter goes and provides writing activities for students to practice writing friendly letters and thank you notes on their own.

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Writing a Letter

Language Arts
2nd and 3rd Grade
What are the parts of a letter?
• What is the very first thing you put on a
letter? Clue : It goes in the upper right
corner.
Date
• What do you call the line that starts
“Dear ____,”?
Greeting

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What are the parts of a letter?
• What do you call the main part of your letter?
Body
• What do you call the line that starts “Sincerely”?
Closing
• What do you call the line that contains your
name?
Signature

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Where does the date go?
July 1
4, 2002
1

2
2

3
4
5

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Where does the greeting go?

July14, 2002

Dear
2 Mom,
2

3
4
5

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Where does the body go?

July14, 2002

2 Mom,
Dear
Thank you for taking me
shopping yesterday. I had a
3 new school
great time finding
clothes. I can’t wait for school to
start so everyone can see my
new clothes.
3
4
5

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Where does the closing go?

1 4, 2002
July

Dear
2 Mom,

Thank you for taking


me shopping yesterday. I had a
great time finding new school
clothes. I can’t wait for school to
start so everyone can see my
new clothes.
3
Love,
4
5

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Where does the signature go?

1 4, 2002
July

Dear
2 Mom,

Thank you for taking


me shopping yesterday. I had a
great time finding new school
clothes. I can’t wait for school to
start so everyone can see my
new clothes.

Love,

5Fred
Love,

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This is what your letter will look like.

July14, 2002

2
Dear Mom,

Thank you for taking me


shopping yesterday. I had a great
time finding new school clothes. I
can’t wait for school to start so
everyone can see my new
clothes.
3Love,
Fred

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Journal Activity
• Write a friendly letter to a family member. Include
the date, heading, body and closing in your letter.
• Write a thank you note to a friend. Make sure to
include the date, heading, body and closing.

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Teacher Page
• Content: Language Arts
• Grade Level: 2nd and 3rd
• Creator: Erin Stork
• Content Standard: speaking and writing standard English
• Content Standard: writing formally and informally
• The correct answer will highlight when you click the mouse.
• Give the students a blank page to label the different parts of
the letter.
• There is a two other power points that you can do with this
Charlotte’s Web and Lindberg.

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